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Fairfield News: Missing Child Found

FAIRFIELD — At approximately 8pm on 2/11/21, a 17 year old juvenile female was reported missing by her mother. The 17 year old was last seen by her mother after walking outside to retrieve something from their vehicle in the area of Katona Drive. Fairfield Police Officers and Detectives began an extensive search for the missing 17 year old which included area canvassing, assistance from Police K9s, requesting a Silver Alert and notifying surrounding public safety agencies. At approximately 10:30am today, the missing 17 year old was located at a residence in Westport through cooperative effort between the Fairfield and Westport Police Departments. The 17 year old female is in stable condition and was transported to an area hospital for…

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SENATOR DENNIS BRADLEY RELEASES STATEMENT FOLLOING NEWS OF CLOSURES OF PEOPLE’S UNITED BANKS IN STOP & SHOP LOCATIONS IN BRIDGEPORT

This morning, Senator Dennis Bradley (D-Bridgeport) is releasing a statement following news of Bridgeport-based lender People's United Bank closing several of their Stop & Shop locations over the next few years. People's United currently operates 84 Stop & Shop branches in Connecticut including the Brookside Stop & Shop Branch in Bridgeport on Main street and the Fairfield Avenue Stop & Shop Branch on Fairfield Avenue. "Banks play a critical role in the prosperity and accessibility of economic opportunity," said Sen. Bradley. "Many people benefit from easy access to banks and locating them in readily convenient areas is crucial. With the closure of these locations, it creates barriers to economic opportunity that are essential to the city of Bridgeport." In the Connecticut Community Reinvestment act,…

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Bridgeport News: Pursuit Ends In Crash- 2 In Custody

2021-02-11 #Bridgeport CT-- At 1648hrs today, an attempted robbery occurred on North Washington Avenue where a firearm was displayed. Patrol officers located the responsible vehicle and engaged it in a pursuit after the driver failed to stop when signaled. The pursuit entered I95 north and ended in Milford after the suspect vehicle crashed. Two suspects were taken into custody and transported back to Bridgeport to face charges of attempted robbery and engaging police in pursuit. Two Bridgeport police officers sustained minor injuries during the incident. The identities of the arrested persons are not available at this time. There was no mention of the condition of the occupants or children the suspect vehicle hit.

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Fairfield News: Bumper Cars After Shoplifting Incident

#Fairfield CT-- At approximately 1:30 PM, Fairfield Police received a call from Loss Prevention at Home Depot, 541 Kings Highway Cutoff, reporting a known shoplifter was inside the store concealing items. Upon police arrival, the suspect, described as a black male, fled in a gold Toyota Camry, bearing CT Reg AK97634. The suspect vehicle struck a police car and two other cars in the parking lot of Home Depot and fled on Kings Highway towards Bridgeport. The suspect vehicle also sideswiped a car while negotiating the turns where Black Rock Turnpike and Kings Highway intersect, known as Traffic Circle East.Officers observed the suspect vehicle traveling on the wrong side of North Avenue nearly hitting additional oncoming cars. Police attempted to…

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Westport News: Possession of Child Pornography in the Second Degree

Tampering with Evidence #Westport CT-- On April 4, 2020, the Westport Police Department received information that a town resident was possibly downloading child pornography onto his computer. The Sergeant investigating the matter was able to determine that the IP address of the computer being utilized to download the suspected images did in fact come back to a home in Westport. A search warrant was then applied for and granted to search the computers and electronic devices at the address in question. During the execution of the search warrant, one of the residents, Sam Gold, allegedly tampered with some of the devices that the investigating detectives were attempting to inspect. During an examination of the devices that were seized, suspected images…

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